5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
75
Great Britain
1972 British Polar Explorers, 5p Frobisher with gold (Queen's head) and embossing omitted, SG.897e, used on GPO FDC and a rarity as such, possibly unique. The 2013 sale of Garth Denman's specialised collection of missing colours on FDC offered the 3p and 9p of this set - with apparently two examples known of each - but not this value.
Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 5th Jun, 2024
Highlights of the sale include a series of Penny Blacks (lots 1-39) from a 1940s pocket album of the 240 check-letter combinations, excellent North-East China from a collector living in Manchuria in the 1930s-40s (lots 135-143), an attractive range of mint Hong Kong from SG.1 onwards (lots 153-159), Japanese Occupations of Malaya from a collector who served in the Royal Military Police in the 1950s (lots 171-174), the collection of Switzerland from a President of the Helvetia Society of Great Britain with extensive postal history (lots 180-192) and much more.
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Tuesday 4th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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